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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 16 Government and administration 39 Legislature and state representation 15 Military command 215 Security, intelligence and policing 168 Diplomacy and international organization 54 Economy, finance and planning 103 Industry and production 101 Agriculture and land policy 22 Ideology and propaganda 59 Social movements and organizing 5 Scholarship and theory 6 Education 9 Science and technology 123 Literature and arts 12 Law and justice 27

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Party leadership 1 Party Secretariat and cadres 5 Heads of government 22 Military and defence 204 State security agencies 164 Ideology and propaganda 40 Culture and literary control 21 Formal heads of state 3 Foreign affairs 50 Nationalities and federal management 6 Central planning agencies 38 Economic management 58 Heavy industry and military industry 98 Agriculture 17 Science, nuclear and space development 118

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 985 Soviet Union state institutions 955 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 128 Communist Party of China 55 People’s Republic of China state institutions 41 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 32 Comintern 26 Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 21

All 130 affiliations

Afghanistan

Afghanistan state institutions 3 People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 4

Albania

Albania state institutions 4 Party of Labour of Albania 4

Angola

Angola state institutions 7 Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 9

Austria

Austria state institutions 1

Benin

Benin state institutions 1

Brazil

Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) 2

Bulgaria

Bulgaria state institutions 2 Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 5

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso state institutions 1

Cambodia

Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) 2 Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) 1 Democratic Kampuchea state institutions 2 People’s Republic of Kampuchea state institutions 1

Chile

Communist Party of Chile 1

China

Communist Party of China 55 Kuomintang 5 ↳ Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 2 People’s Republic of China state institutions 41

Congo - Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo state institutions 3 Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) 3

Cuba

Cuba state institutions 4 Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) 5 26th of July Movement 1

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia state institutions 11 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 15 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 3

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 9 New People's Party of Korea 2 Democratic Party of Korea 1 Workers' Party of North Korea 5 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 7

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 21 East Germany state institutions 17

Estonia

Estonia state institutions 1

Ethiopia

Ethiopia state institutions 3 Workers' Party of Ethiopia 1

Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland 3 Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 4

France

France state institutions 1 French Communist Party (PCF) 12 French Workers' Party (POF) 1 Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 2 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 4

Germany

Germany state institutions 1 Nazi party and regime 1 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 32 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 15 Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO) 2 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 13

Greece

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 2 Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) 1

Grenada

Grenada state institutions 1 New JEWEL Movement (NJM) 1

Hungary

Hungary state institutions 19 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 21 Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 7 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 9 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 4 Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP) 1

India

Indian National Congress 1

Indonesia

Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 3

International organizations

Comintern 26 International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1 Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 1

Italy

Italy state institutions 1 Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI) 5 Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 3

Japan

Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 3

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan state institutions 1

Laos

Laos state institutions 2 Lao People's Revolutionary Party 3

Latvia

Latvia state institutions 2

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutions 1

Madagascar

Madagascar state institutions 1

Moldova

Moldova state institutions 1

Mongolia

Mongolia state institutions 4 Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 7

Mozambique

Mozambique state institutions 2 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) 3

Poland

Poland state institutions 10 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 12 Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 10 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 9 Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 7 Polish Socialist Party (PPS) 4

Portugal

Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) 1

Romania

Romania state institutions 6 Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 7

Russia

Russian Empire state institutions 2 Russian Federation state institutions 1 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 8 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 6 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 2 Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1 General Jewish Labour Bund 3 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 128 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 11 United Russia 5 Our Home – Russia 1

Somalia

Somalia state institutions 3

South Africa

South African Communist Party (SACP) 2 African National Congress (ANC) 2 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) 1

South Korea

Communist Party of Korea 3 Workers' Party of South Korea 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 985 Soviet Union state institutions 955

Spain

Spain state institutions 1 Spanish Republic state institutions 3 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 5 Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) 1

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan state institutions 1

Ukraine

Ukraine state institutions 1 Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 3 Ukrainian State (Hetmanate) state institutions 1 ↳ Soviet Ukraine state institutions 2

United Kingdom

Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 7

United States

Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 11 Socialist Party of America 4

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan state institutions 1

Vietnam

Vietnam state institutions 9 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 11

Yemen

Yemen state institutions 1 Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 6 South Yemen state institutions 4

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia state institutions 8 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 10

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Counter-revolutionary forces 2 Left critics of Bolshevism 19 Socialist-bloc reform leader 7 Dissident 3 Anarchists 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 2 Marxism and communism 955 Nationalism 2

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 933 Russia 13 Moldova 2 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 East Germany 1 Estonia 1 Germany 1 Latvia 1 United States 1

Background

Any Russia 681 Ukraine 78 Belarus 38 Armenia 23 Poland 23 Georgia 20 Latvia 20 Azerbaijan 12 Lithuania 10 Germany 9 Estonia 6 Moldova 6 Uzbekistan 5 Finland 4 France 2 Kyrgyzstan 2 Turkey 2 Bulgaria 1 Czechia 1 Hungary 1 Kazakhstan 1 Korea 1 Tajikistan 1 Turkmenistan 1 United States 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 1 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 148 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 379 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 298 The last generation1985–1991 123

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 5 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1

Soviet Union state institutions Marxism and communism Clear all

955 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Vadim Andreyevich Medvedev Вадим Андреевич Медведев The last ideology secretary who dismantled ideology opened the spetskhran and abolished party orthodoxy Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2025
Viktor Fyodorovich Grushko Виктор Фёдорович Грушко The KGB operational deputy who bridged foreign intelligence and counterintelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2001
Yuri Sergeyevich Plekhanov Юрий Сергеевич Плеханов From KGB eavesdropping chief to head of leadership security, the man who pulled the coup's trigger Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2002
Pavel Romanovich Popovich Павел Романович Попович Cosmonaut No. 4, Vostok 4 pilot of the first simultaneous crewed spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2009
Stepan Aramaisovich Sitaryan Степан Арамаисович Ситарян The highest-ranking Armenian economist in the Soviet apparatus, who pushed the Law on Cooperatives through the Politburo Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2009
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin Юрий Владимирович Дубинин Soviet ambassador who personified perestroika diplomacy in Washington during the Gorbachev era Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2013
Nikolai Pavlovich Laverov Николай Павлович Лавёров The last chairman of Soviet state science policy and a uranium geologist Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2016
Nikolai Ivanovich Dementey Николай Иванович Дементей A chairman caught between preserving the Union and Belarusian sovereignty Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2018
Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов Gorbachev's classmate turned critic: the last speaker of the Soviet parliament Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2019
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Жорес Иванович Алфёров Communist physicist whose semiconductor heterostructures opened the IT era Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2019
Richard Ivanovich Kosolapov Ричард Иванович Косолапов Principal architect of the Brezhnev-era 'developed socialism' doctrine Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2020
Ivan Stepanovich Silayev Иван Степанович Силаев The last head of government of the Soviet Union: from aviation minister to liquidator of an empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2023
Mikhail Sergeyevich Shkabardnya Михаил Сергеевич Шкабардня The minister whose precision instruments controlled missiles and the Buran shuttle Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2025
Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov Анатолий Степанович Дятлов The deputy chief engineer who supervised the Chernobyl safety test and later argued the reactor's design was the real cause Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1931–1995
Boris Dmitrievich Pankin Борис Дмитриевич Панкин The post-coup foreign minister of the collapsing Union Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1931–
Karen Serobovich Demirchyan Карен Серобович Демирчян Modernized Soviet Armenia over 14 years, sacked for siding with Karabakh, returned and assassinated in parliament Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–1999
Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov Александр Владимирович Власов Creator of OMON and the last communist prime minister of Russia, defeated by Yeltsin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2002
Erlen Kirikovich Pervyshin Эрлен Кирикович Первышин Minister of Communications Equipment Industry who oversaw Soviet military C3 infrastructure Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2004
Arkady Ivanovich Volsky Аркадий Иванович Вольский The operator who ran Soviet machine-building and organized post-Soviet capital Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2006
Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov Константин Алексеевич Кочетов The deputy defence minister who, at Tbilisi, pushed for force without waiting for the Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–
Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan Ստեփան Կարապետի Պողոսյան The last leader of Armenia's Communist Party before the Soviet collapse Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2012
Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов Last surviving GKChP member who led the Soviet space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2021
Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Александр Александрович Бессмертных The last regular Soviet foreign minister Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan Վլադիմիր Միգրանովիչ Մովսիսյան The last Communist Party first secretary of Soviet Armenia Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2014
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev Анатолий Александрович Малофеев A Belarusian party organizer who sought continuity as the Union dissolved Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2022
Lev Dmitrievich Ryabev Лев Дмитриевич Рябев Nuclear industry minister who inherited Sredmash in the shadow of Chernobyl Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва The most qualified female cosmonaut candidate, grounded by politics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2023
Alexander Sergeyevich Dzasokhov Александр Сергеевич Дзасохов A politician who linked internationalism with regional rule Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Grigori Grigoryevich Nelyubov Григорий Григорьевич Нелюбов Gagarin's second backup, the cosmonaut ranked third for the first flight who never reached orbit Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1966
Oleg Danilovich Kalugin Олег Данилович Калугин Youngest KGB general turned its highest-ranking defector-critic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин The first human smile to leave the Earth Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1968
Elmira Mikayil qızı Kafarova Elmira Qafarova A Soviet republican leader who asserted institutional authority in crisis Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1993
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Nikolai Dmitrievich Tarakanov Николай Дмитриевич Тараканов The general who sent men onto the Chernobyl roof when the robots died Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Валерий Фёдорович Быковский The cosmonaut who spent five days alone in orbit, setting a solo spaceflight record that still stands Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk Леонід Макарович Кравчук The communist propagandist who became Ukraine's first president and signed the Soviet Union out of existence Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2022
Nikolai Alexandrovich Panichev Николай Александрович Паничев The last minister who tried to preserve the Soviet machine-tool industry through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Vasily Georgievich Zakharov Василий Георгиевич Захаров Propaganda-trained culture minister who executed glasnost-era cultural liberalization Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2023
Alfrēds son of Pēteris Rubiks Alfrēds Pētera dēls Rubiks A steadfast defender of Latvia's Communist Party at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2000
Grigore Isidorovich Eremei Grigore Isidorovici Eremei The final head of Soviet Moldavia's Communist Party Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Kondrat Zigmundovich Terekh Кондрат Зигмундович Терех The last Soviet trade minister, formed in consumer cooperatives Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин Last chief of Soviet foreign intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2012
Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev Сергей Никитич Хрущёв Khrushchev's son and Chelomei's guidance-system engineer Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2020
Valentyna Semenivna Shevchenko Валентина Семенівна Шевченко Ukrainian SSR head of state during Chernobyl who pushed the evacuation of 526,000 children from Kyiv against Moscow's resistance Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2020
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov Виктор Петрович Брюханов The first director of Chernobyl who built the plant and was held responsible for its catastrophe Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2021
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov Евгений Павлович Велихов Soviet physicist who linked fusion science, Chernobyl, and nuclear disarmament Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lobov Владимир Николаевич Лобов The last Chief of the Soviet General Staff, who refused to fire on civilians and twice drafted military reform Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov Валерий Алексеевич Легасов The Kurchatov chemist who led science at Chernobyl, then left the full truth on tapes before hanging himself Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–1988
Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods" Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2010

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